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0 pointsmikrl3y ago0 comments

Why use a fancy word like bad, terrible, frightful, or vexatious when you can use the easily understood and versatile ungood?

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That is one of George Orwell's six principles of good writing in "Politics and the English Language", which ever writer should read.

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0 pointsmikrl3y ago0 comments

Why use a fancy word like bad, terrible, frightful, or vexatious when you can use the easily understood and versatile ungood?

That is one of George Orwell's six principles of good writing in "Politics and the English Language", which ever writer should read.

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